Heather Renée Zichal (born February 8, 1976) is an American climate and energy figure in government and business. Zichal is the former Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, serving in the Barack Obama administration starting in 2009. Following the early 2011 departure of Carol Browner from the administration, Zichal gained the general responsibility of coordinating the administration's energy and climate policy and was an architect of what became the administration's politically controversial Clean Power Plan. Zichal previously served as a legislative director and campaign advisor to several Democratic Party congressional members. In November 2013 she left the administration and became a private consultant and a fellow at the Atlantic Council. She has served on several company boards and councils and was The Nature Conservancy's vice president for corporate engagement from 2018-2019.
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8 February 1976 (age 49)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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